d development in a new way. The first tool is the human capital value chain. This model consists of the opportunities offered to employees in the work environment enabling them to engage in the overall business strategy. The second tool suggested is the value creation continuum. This model helps employers define employee contribution to the organization, independent of job title or position, and define growth through the development of competencies. As employees progress, they begin to contribute more by growing intellectual capacity and leveraging their work and the work of others. As one moves along the continuum, training and development needs change. In the early stages, the focus is on technical skills and career development; then later the focus would be on leadership and management skills for example. Basically it all comes down to the environment for learning opportunities. The challenge is not only how to harvest new information, but how to manage and grow information already resident in the organization. Finally the article suggests that only through investment in human capital, clarity of purpose and alignment of activities, and competencies to strategy, will an organization rise to the challenge and succeed....
